3 Charts on U.S. Adults' Interests in Studying Abroad and Gap Years
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If taking a year off to travel the world sounds too good to be true, it probably is. We don't doubt more people are interested or open to doing something like this than in the past, but for many people their bank accounts and bosses will keep standing in the way of this freedom.
Getting more college students to travel is no doubt included in many travel brands' millennial marketing strategies and that's for good reason -- global student travel is worth more than $200 billion.
While most college students don't study abroad or take gap years, or a year off between graduating from high school and beginning college or a year-long sabbatical from work, for example, a study from hostel booking site Hostelworld show there's interest in taking extended time off (defined as a one to six month break from work or school) to travel but much of that is likely wishful thinking.
To that effect, some 50 percent of respondents who were under the age of 30 said they hadn't taken a gap year but would consi
